Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Several co-workers and I run encrypted Ubuntu Desktop on our work laptops. Specifically I have an HP Compaq 6710b and they have all had monitor issues when installing Ubuntu. If you run the default "Install Ubuntu" option, the next screen will just be a blank screen. I need to get this documented because I always forget how to fix it.

While at the Ubuntu Splash screen do the following:

Press the F1 key for "Help"

Press the F6 key for "Special boot parameters for special machines"

There you will see an option in the middle described as:Laptops with screen display problems vga=771. We need to append this to the Boot Options.

Press the ESC key to get back to the Splash page

Press F6 for "Other Options" and then Press ESC

Now the Boot Options should be visible. It should look something like this: